Ecuador anuncia que Betancourt será liberada en las próximas horas

gato-bandido says on Mar 7, 2008, 09:55:

I'll believe it when I see it, as usual.

But if they do free her, my bet it will be to try and get political recognition without freeing all the hostages. Which is of course unacceptable.

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juancegomez says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:00:

Why isn't this in EL COMERCIO or EL UNIVERSO yet?

That is, in the mainstream press from Ecuador.

The claim seems to be from Europa Press / Tribuna Latina.

In any case, we'll soon find out if this is real or just speculation.

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gato-bandido says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:01:

It's in El Tiempo though

http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/2008-03-07/ARTICULO-WEB-NOTA_INTERIOR...

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kat1 (Moderator) (Trustee board) (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:03:

juancegomez says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:05:

gato-bandido: Could be repeating the same report from the same source...in any case, wait and see.

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JGD (☼Travelguide writer) says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:07:

romy says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:09:

"how convenience huh!"
No, Correa had already said he was in the process of negotiating for the release of hostages...

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juancegomez says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:17:

Again...why does the Ecuadorian media ignore this apparent report, at least at the time of this writing?

I mean...it could be real (or NOT), but it makes no sense for them to report it after everyone else...even after EL TIEMPO posts that claim from Tribuna Latina / Europa Press.

One would expect Ecuador's press to be the first outlet.

But whatever....

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romy says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:18:

Very strange as Correa claims Uribe knew Ingrid would be released in March. However we still have to wait to evaluate, as things stand right now there is no body of Ivan Rios and Ingrid is still in the jungles somewhere.

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El Polo says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:20:

Correction:

Colombia announcing the death of Ivan Rios
Ecuador announcing the release of hostages

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romy says on Mar 7, 2008, 10:25:

juance, although I also think it is. You are assuming that this is game strategy from Ecuador, I think in tense times like these we can't be too quick in accepting as truth anything that anyone says and much less our own assumptions.

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juancegomez says on Mar 7, 2008, 11:39:

Live on RCN, during Chavez's speech at the Grupo del Río, Rafael Correa explicitly stated that the information is false.

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